Petrol price down

Two New Zealand fuel companies reduced the price of petrol by 2c a litre yesterday - the second drop in less than a week.

Greenstone Energy, the company that owns and operates the Shell-branded service station network, and BP both said the drop was prompted by falling fuel prices internationally.

The cut takes the price of 91 octane petrol to 173.9c a litre and 95 to 180.9c. Diesel was unchanged at 118.9c.